Kilbride family name history and map
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Kilbride in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 357 people named Kilbride in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 186 men and 170 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Kilbride in Ireland
Dublin had the largest share of Kilbrides, 21.3% (76 people). Next came Roscommon (51), Leitrim (47), Wicklow (32) and Laois (24).
Kilbride average age in 1911
The average Kilbride in 1911 was 31.2 years old, 30.2 for men and 32.3 for women; slightly older than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Kilbride literacy in 1911
Of the Kilbrides whose literacy was recorded, 75.4% could both read and write, 3.5% could read but not write, and 21.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79.4% reading and writing against 71.3% of women. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Kilbride common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (31), James, John, Michael and William. For women it was Mary (24), followed by Bridget, Anne, Margaret and Catherine.
Kilbride occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kilbride's census form was "Scholar"; 20.2% (72) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.5%), farm labourer (4.8%), general labourer (2.5%) and domestic servant (2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 23.5% of all Kilbrides, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Kilbride?
Kilbrides were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 96.9% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.1%).
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Kilbride statistics (1911)
Number: 357
Rank: 1,710
Average Age: 31
Kilbride in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,262
Rank: 21,162
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.